Thursday Dog Blogging (and general critter bloggin')

We’ve had anywhere from a millimeter to 15 millimeters of rain a day for the last week or so.

The results of this, in addition to lots of spring growth, has been lots of wet dog.

Here’s Luna checking out (with her feet) a new puddle.

23 Comments

keres on October 3, 2007 at 9:36 pm

I wish I could post the snoring that goes with these photos.

olivia on October 4, 2007 at 9:18 am

Great photos keres.
CabinGirl on October 4, 2007 at 9:30 am

She looks SOOOOO relaxed…
- keres on October 4, 2007 at 5:26 pm
  
  It makes you a bit, envious doesn’t it?

AndiF on October 4, 2007 at 5:08 am

dog paddle swim coach?

olivia on October 4, 2007 at 9:19 am

where’s the whistle?

🙂
- keres on October 4, 2007 at 5:31 pm
  
  And the Speedos?
  - AndiF on October 4, 2007 at 9:52 pm
    
    It’s okay — this is a nude beach.

keres on October 4, 2007 at 10:33 pm

Walking into the wind.

stormkite on October 5, 2007 at 12:39 am

And they say polar bears are getting rarer.

Nice closeup.
- keres on October 5, 2007 at 3:00 am
  
  The three most common exclamations I hear when walking Luna (in order):
  
  Big dog!
  
  Look at the Pony.
  
  Look at the Polar Bear.
  
  I thought I’d dress her up as a Polar Bear for my next protest march, wearing a sign about global warming. I just need to make some bear ears on one of those springy headband things they make little girls wear.
  - stormkite on October 5, 2007 at 8:06 am
    
    Well, to make the NEXT obvious and entirely predictable comment, that’d be too cute….. goferit.

keres on October 5, 2007 at 3:08 am

I spotted a brand new orchid!

I haven’t had a chance to identify it yet, but I’m pretty sure it’s in the Pterostylis family. This brings our native orchid count up to nine.

keres on October 5, 2007 at 3:18 am
AndiF on October 5, 2007 at 5:24 am

Neato keeno. So a whole wiki page for orchids?
- keres on October 5, 2007 at 5:41 am
  
  There are two hundred native orchids in Tasmania.
  
  As it is, I can’t find any Wiki pages for the individual species that we have here, so I might generate those entries first. Then we’ll see about a comprehensive list – for which I’ll need to pick up a copy of the book “Orchids of Tasmania”. Thus far, the $90 price tag has tended to dissuade an actual purchase.
  
  Oh, I’ve tentively identified the above orchid as the Maroon Hood Orchid, Pterostylis pedunculata.
  - AndiF on October 5, 2007 at 6:22 am
    
    200 varieties and $90, eh? In that case, I think you should concentrate on the wiki bird page. 🙂
    - keres on October 5, 2007 at 6:30 am
      
      I got the message already! 🙂
keres on October 5, 2007 at 5:48 am

Here’s a view down it’s “gullet”.
- keres on October 5, 2007 at 6:34 am
  
  Just to give you a sense of how hidden these orchids usually are –
  
  (Plus, our old friend, the Pale Sundew, Drosera peltata var. peltata.)
  - AndiF on October 5, 2007 at 6:53 am
    
    So you for orchids you need the dog equivalent of a truffle pig. 😉
    - keres on October 5, 2007 at 7:17 am
      
      Actually, they use dogs to find truffles these days.
      
      One of the reasons I keep such a close eye out for these tiny little plants is to keep Luna and I from stepping on the rare ones. It’s amazing how they just “pop out” once you’ve trained your brain to spot them (finding the first one is the hardest).